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Question of the Day: Wednesday 2/1/2012

post #1 of 21
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What were some of your favorite books when you were a child? Do you still have them?

 

 

post #2 of 21

The very popular British author Enid Blyton

 

http://www.enidblyton.net/

 

Thousands of children were brought up on her books, and l had most of them because my sister worked in a large book shop.

 

I haven't got them now but l wish l had kept them

 

post #3 of 21

The Little Kittens and one about a selfish kitten. I don't know the name of it. He falls in a bucket of blue paint and everyone liked him. His mother told him it was because he changed the way he treated others not that he was blue. Cute story.

 

post #4 of 21

I think the first book I read was goodnight Moon!

post #5 of 21
Nancy Drew!! I inhaled Nancy Drew books. biggrin.gif

And they're still up in a closet in my old room at my mom's house. (I think. I hope.)
post #6 of 21

Babysitter's Little Sister and Goosebumps were my favorites. I have most of them at my parent's still

post #7 of 21

My favorites were:

Mimi the Merry-Go-Round Cat

The LIttlest Angel

Dr. Goat

We had tons of books at our house, all of my siblings and myself are voracious readers.

I do still have the first 2 books; unfortunately, Dr.Goat literally fell apart.  I managed to find a copy in an antique mall a few years back and was absolutely delighted!

 

Good question, Maria!

post #8 of 21

WINNIE THE POOH and the NANCY DREW Series. I think I've still got my NANCY DREW books somewhere.

post #9 of 21

Heidi was one of my favorites - I still would love to go to Switzerland someday.

 

I loved a series of books (a little older than a child at that time - maybe 13 or so) by an author named  Albert Payson Terhune.  I don't know if anybody ever heard of him, but he was a breeder of champion collies and wrote books about his dogs --- Lad A Dog was one of the best.    

post #10 of 21
Definitely the Black Stallion books by Walter Farley and the My Friend Flicka trilogy by Mary O'Hara. My nieces and nephews got the former, but I still have the latter. Born Free, Living Free and Forever Free by Joy Adamson were other favorites that I still have.
post #11 of 21

Goosebumps were my favorite.  They were really easy to read and I liked them.  I've collected almost all of them.  I think I'm missing 4.

post #12 of 21

I posted books above but just remembered one that I always loved --- "Black Beauty".

 

 

post #13 of 21

Goodnight Moon!  I had to get that for DD too.  According to my Aunt, my Gram started all the grandkids on that one!  Other little kid books were like The Bernstein Bears and Mercer Mayer's books.

 

When I got a bit older it was either the Mandy series by Lois Gladys Leppard or The Baby Sitter's Club. :o)

post #14 of 21
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Originally Posted by nanner View Post

Nancy Drew!! I inhaled Nancy Drew books. biggrin.gif
And they're still up in a closet in my old room at my mom's house. (I think. I hope.)



I always liked the Nancy Drew books. Hardy Boys, too. I never had many of them...I just devoured them from the library.

 

My favorite book, then and now, is Alice in Wonderland. I just love that book. Rick gave me a beautiful pop-up copy of Alice in Wonderland several years ago for Christmas. It's gorgeous.

 

post #15 of 21
The Bobbsey Twins, Little House series, and Oz books were my faves. I still have the Oz books.

I also enjoyed reading encyclopedias. cwm15.gif
post #16 of 21

As a child my favorite books were the Hardy Boys and Trixie Belden series.  Loved them and must have re-read all of them dozens of times.

post #17 of 21
Goosebumps, Nancy Drew, and The Happy Hollisters. I think I pretty much read every book in those series. eek.gif
post #18 of 21
Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys!!!!! I also loved the Raggedy and Andy books as a child and still have the all the books.clap.gifclap.gifclap.gifwink.gif
post #19 of 21

The Black Stallion series and, well, any book that had to do with horses. I also loved the Heidi series (Heidi, Heidi Grows Up, and Heidi's Children) along with the Bambi series (Bambi and Bambi's Children). They were actually my mom's books when she was growing up and she gave them to me. I re-read them so many times I lost count. I basically read anything I could get my hands on as a child (things haven't changed much as an adult! laughing02.gif )

post #20 of 21
The principle, from Antoine de Saint-exupery...hugs.gif and I keep it!...clap.gif

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_principito
post #21 of 21

Oh my there were tons.. but I thoroughly enjoyed The American Girl books. I only got one for Christmas and I don't have it any more because it got stolen. I read each and every one that I remember that I borrowed at the library. I loved the Beverly Cleary books as well and the Bernstein Bears and The Babysitters Club. I was quite the book worm! But The American Girl books were by far my favorite reads! agree.gif I also liked The big fairy tale book that is called the The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Stupid Fairly Tales. I found it quite funny. I always got really into books no matter what I was reading.  The Wishbone books were good too with the little Jack Russell who tells a story. I miss that show!  I wish I had more time to read these days!

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